Brad Williams Live From the Irvine Improv

Show Summary

Adam opens the show with his response to the New York Post controversy. Comedian Brad Williams is also on stage and talks about gay midgets who don’t date. Adam then rants about the insane traffic jam trying to get across town, and recalls a maddening experience at a stop sign in front of his house.

Alison starts up the news, and discusses her friends calling her too early. Brad also talks about having samurai swords for home security, and Adam points out the benefits of attack crows. Later the gang reveals Adam’s placement on the New York Times Bestseller list, and why Ashton Kutcher is suing the DMV. Other news stories include the results of the NBA finals, Alec Baldwin’s paparazzi problem, and finally a Germany or Florida story involving a three-legged pit bull.

How come questioning the prevailing wisdom is deemed bigotry when we’ve gone too far, but courageous and progressive when we’re over-reaching? I know the answer… obviously we want to make society better, but it’s like medicine: do no harm. It’s a complex system. Women aren’t funny because they’re not walking contradictions. In order to be a contradiction you have to have a dick.

My husband brought me to your St.Paul show and it was great! After listening to your podcast i’m kind of disguisted in the filth and the interuptions from your news girl,kind of sounds like the “The View” but I will give you the benefit..:)

You don’t deserve your husband. He takes you out for a comedy show rather than sleeping in front of the TV or banging the next door neighbor… but Adam’s not funny enough? Keep an eye on your man. With your attitude, he may be looking for another date to the next comedy show.

I guarantee the reason has to do with being on the road and offering up only ‘live’ shows for podcast downloads. I don’t bother downloading them anymore since they are consistently less fun and entertaining than the studio shows. Whatever that special thing is that keeps you at #1 has to do with being in the studio for the stories and interviews: much more of a relaxed pace where the stories can breathe, no ‘live’ audience to entertain and guests trying so hard to be funny and talk (yell) over one another . . . ugh.

Would love to hear YOU debate the reason for the slip in your iTunes rating . . . during a studio show.

Yes. Or some rebroadcasts of some good ones. If they’re going to take a break they really should break to recharge the batteries and come back fresh. I know it’s free and they probably make some well deserved money with admission but I’d prefer reruns that I could more easily decide if I want to skip or not over the cheap and stale phoned in live shows.

Couldn’t agree more. The live shows just don’t work. Maybe OK to see live, but make for bad pod.

I find that Alison is actually in better form on the live show, but Ace yells too much and Bald Bryan is conspicuously absent most of the time for some reason (both his drops and his own contribution to the discussion). Pretty much the only time I laughed all week was at Bryan’s contributions to the “traffic stop standoff” bit on today’s show.

DAG was f-ing terrible…time to put him out to pasture, he hasn’t brought anything new to the table since the Loveline days. And now he’s messing with Adam’s money on the GoDaddy bit? Dr Drew and Dana Gould are still the best guests by far.

If the guest is really good (which they usually are at a live show), I’d take a live show any day over the studio broadcasts. Personally, the last few with Artie Lange, Wyatt Cenec, and Brad Williams have been some of the best episodes so far this year. The give and take with the crowd is a lot of fun, and I think Alison is a notch better as a wing-girl then she is in studio, and she’s already one of the finest improv/stand-up comedians. All of that said… I still do enjoy the visits from Dr. Drew (he needs to be a regular on the show… ), and of course, Dana Gould, but its nice to see them sprinkle in a few live appearances every now and then.

I could not agree more with you. I love the studio podcast and NEVER miss it, however, when I land on the site and see a live show it’s a letdown. The group dynamic of the live shows with the hollering over each other (as you said) destroys everything I like about the studio shows. Catering to the live audience keeps everyone from really being themselves and I lose interest quickly.

Christopher Hitchens was raked over the coals for the same opinion which he wrote up in Vanity Fair about why women aren’t funny. Read it Carolla, there is also a really funny video response from Hitch to the women who blasted him.

BAD AUDIO
ADAM’S A RACIST AND HE TOOK IT TOO FAR THIS TIME
I HATE LIVE EVENTS
ALLISON CAN’T IMPROV
BALD BRIAN USES THE SAME DROPS
ADAM NEEDS NEW MATERIAL
THE GUEST TALKED TOO MUCH/NOT ENOUGH
I DON’T LIKE HIS POLITICAL VIEWS

“Can’t we all just get along?” (See- this is using Rodney King’s famous line while it also ties in with his tragic drowning in his pool that happened this week). And no -for the record- do I think that his death is funny nor should it be made fun of nor should his near death beating by the LA cops should be made fun of either.

It’s just a podcast and comments/replies are just a way for everyone to stay connected.

I would like to think that Adam’s Posse / employees read these comments and help Adam adjust his tone / or material to “sell” his product based on this feedback.

Great show today! Brad is hilarious and his stand up is great if you’ve never seen it. I loved that they brought up the attack crows again! Ace’s best idea ever! Solid contributions by Allison and BB. Great way to go into the weekend.

co·me·di·an
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1. a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc.
2. an actor in comedy.
3. a writer of comedy.
4. any comical or amusing person.

I don’t think Adam likes douchy whites either… blacks make themselves a target when they live out the stereotypes that they do, and the same to the mexicans, and the asians, and the jews, and the polacks, the japs, the krauts, etc. The assumption is that He is racist… because he is white… had it been an Asian in front of an Asian crowd making fun of the the size of their package, it would may not be comfortable but it certainly wouldn’t be racist. We are lowering the bar for what is considered racist to bascially anything that makes another race feel uncomfortable, and giving the term no teeth.

Adam usually talks trash about comedians using the obvious material. He doesn’t like fat guys who make fat jokes and chicks who make dumb chick jokes. Why does he have a comedian on who is a midget and makes midget jokes? It’s just a waste of my time!

Adam has his misogynistic moments, but all female comedians have their misandrist tendencies as well. Everyone does. It shouldn’t be how we define ourselves unless we say it all day and, like Adam said, have actions that go along with it.

You can’t call Adam a racist or a misogynist or really anything because it’s impossible to judge anyone. And if it was possible then I might judge that Adam Carolla haters’ assholes are too tightly spun around their own necks for them to enjoy life.

I hadn’t even cracked a smile today until Bryan’s “Timely” comment. Well that’s not true, “rusty sprinkler key” gets me every time. That Brad is a funny little fucker too, great show and much needed laughs. Gratzi!

One thing Adam might consider – he isn’t the only wealthy TV star who is capable of throwing punches. Add to that, one of the most devastating heavyweight punchers in my club was a pink-shirt wearing goofy ‘Suburban Dad’ who, I dare say, would absolutely DROP Adam with a jab. I’m just saying. The ‘I box’ thing is a lot of people.
Anyways, more people on Twitter mentioned Alison Rosen as an example of a funny woman comedienne than Adam. Well, I guess he didn’t want to seem boasting.
…….and make no mistake – I’m thrilled with a 100% free awesome podcast any way I get it but I gotta say I do prefer the studio ones. Not so much these live show things. Just me.

Adam’s shared many times that he has dyslexia. So his problem is with reading, not “pronounciation.” After you learn to capitalize properly, see if YOU can pronounce by repeating it out loud 100 times:

Holy #$%#, how stupid are some of you people. I read multiple comments saying “I hate these live shows, they are horrible. They should just have no podcast instead of these.”
Okay geniuses, here’s what you do.

1. Check for new ACS
2. Discover it’s a live show
3. Move on with your fucking day

Love that Adam had no need to apologize. Not only are men better comedians, might as well add the genre of music to that also. My play list only houses a select few bands with broads as the feature player.

I like the live show podcasts, it’s great hearing the audience reaction [canned laughter drop]. If I have a criticism it is that Bryan doesn’t interpose himself enough at these events. I guess he wants to give the guest a chance. This is understandable but the drops are a big part of the podcast’s brand.

(Adam’s observation about the gender balance among TV comedy writers brings that cause célèbre to a conclusion: He’s right.)

always fun when a guy in his late 40’s who lost his only novice class bout at the golden gloves 20 years ago and talks about what a great boxer he is gets out of the car and some nurse or computer programmer who actually won the gloves back in the day, or fought pro, or was a state judo champion, decides to oblige him. tmz would be outside the ER to get shots of his hamburger face and a lead something like:
“the hammer’s” road rage earns him 20 minute bludgeoning from out of shape accountant in front of laughing 15 year old witnesses with iphones. here’s the video…

I don’t know if he would win or not, and if he is inflating his abilities. I do know he played football for a not very good high school program, and couldn’t cutting, even at the junior college level, yet he talks up his football career a lot. He himself has even said he couldn’t handle playing past high school level, so with as much as he talks up he’s football career, it has always made me wonder how much he talks up his boxing. Although his boxing guess to seem to be genuinely impressed when he shows off to them, so who knows.

I do know, the better you are, the less you talk about it. For one, you know so you don’t need to convince yourself and others, and second being the point you just made. Even assuming Adam is a great boxer and all his talking about is abilities is warranted, you still don’t make a big deal out of it, because there is always some one better, and if you build yourself up too high, it’s a long drop you’ve created yourself when the better guy beats you down.

That being said, he ranting about that is at least only minorly annoying, compared to his feel sorry for how rich and white I am, and why do people get mad at me for saying sexist/bigoted things rants.

Go back to listening to Dane Cook reruns or the Morning Zoo. This is comedy. Apparently, you know nothing about it. If you have your way, perhaps Adam could get a makeover by Ellen. He would then be PC and give the faux “I really care” expression/comment when appropriate. Uncouth cave man is part of his shtik (????).